Pictching 2023

The purpose of the 2023 Young Leaders' Mini-Grant Program:

To encourage passionate young leaders to design and do community impact/civic engagement projects and get hands-on experiences in real world
To give opportunities to the young leaders to present their project plans in front of professionals and public
To support the young leaders to do their project by providing mini grant and other resources if the pitching is successful
To inspire the audience in community service and civic engagement
To connect young leaders, community leaders, organizations in community impact/civic engagement

Who can apply

This is open to the student groups nationwide who are interested in community impact/civic engagement. Please see below for criteria.

Any group of high school or college students that is doing or planning to do a community impact/civic engagement project
The project needs to be nonprofit and nonpartisan and already has a complete project plan
The project planning and implementation need to be led by the students
The group belongs to a 501C(3) organization or has a 501C(3) organization as its fiscal agent

Timeline

Feb. 1, 2023: Application Opens (Please check application form)
March 31, 2023: Application Closes
April 1 to April 11, 2023 Pre-Screening
April 12, 2023: Groups will be selected and notified by email of their acceptance into the Pitching Day
April 29, 2023: Pitching Day (online, 2 pm to 5 pm PT)
May 3, 2023: All grant winners will receive notification of their status and following steps by email

A prescreening will be done before the Pitching Day and then groups meeting our basic requirements (above) will receive a Pitching Day invitation from CLA by April 12, 2023.
If selected, each group has 5 minutes to pitch and answer judges’ questions.

Receive a seed grant of $500 (after signing grant agreement)
Have access to youth civic leaders circle (monthly meetings, workshops, and more)
Invited to showcase the project at our Annual National Showcase event when the project is completed
Have access to CLA leadership development training
Be eligible to apply for CLA’s annual project award

Inquiries?

Please contact Qing Bai (She/her), Director of Education, Civic Leadership Academy

Email: qbai@nclacademy.org

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